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PAD HOLDER FOR LASTING MACHINES.

No. 569,231 PatentedOot. 13, 1896.

WTNESEEE w 94: 504/ gzf zgd O 08 UNITED STATES CHARLES C. BAY, OF GRAY,MAINE,

PATENT EETcE.

ASSIGNOR TO THE CHASE LASTING CIIUSETTS.

PAD-HOLDER FOR LASTlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,231, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed August 5, 1895.

T0 coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. RAY, of Gray, in the county of Cumberlandand State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvem ent inPad-Holders for Lasting-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows an old method ofattaching the pads to a toe or heel clasp. Fig. 2 is a top plan view,and Fig. 3 an under plan view, of my new pad-holder. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view at line i at of Fig. 3, with the facing inplace. Fig. 5 shows a modification, the clasp being composed ofrigidhinged jaws.

My invention is a new pad-holder for lastin gmachines. Ileretofore theflexible clasps used in lasting-machines for the heel and toe, as setforth, for example, in Frank Ohases Letters Patent No. 337,925 and No.364,088, have been faced with leather or other pads, that have beenfixed in place on the clasps in various ways-by wiring a, for exampletoportions of the chain-like clasp, as shown in Fig. 1.

lleretofore lasting-machines have been pro vided with a variety ofclasps having flexible pads corresponding in configuration or contour tothe different styles of lasts required, especially in respect of toes.lVhen the operator changes from one style to another, correspondingstyles of padded pliable or rigid clasps have been substituted, and thispractice has required the user of the machines to keep in stock aconsiderable number of the clasps at a very considerable aggregateexpense.

The object of my invention is to make one set of clasps answer allstyles of lasts, and to this end my invention consists, broadly, in thecombination of a clasp with one or more pad-holders.

In the drawings, illustrating my invention in its preferred form, (L isa pliable clasp-in this example of sprocket-chain construction as setforth in said Letters Patent No. 364,088.

L Z) are pad-keepers, keeper 19 supporting the pad (Z at its middle andkeepers I) supporting the pad toward its extremities. Keepers 1) arepreferably, though not necessarily, ad-

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justable, as shown. The keepers project inwardly and clamp the pad orfacing (Z of the clasp a, and the keepers consequently contact with thepad, so as to hold the pad between opposed surfaces of the clasp andkeepers. These keepers b are conveniently and preferably formed of barshaving shanks slotted at 6 and upturned ends 5, formed withinwardly-projecting points 19*, the purpose of the points being to moresecurely grip the pad d, which is engaged and tightly held in place onthe face of the clasp by adjustment of the keepers, as will be plainfrom Fig. 2. Set-screws 19 pass through slots 5 into clasp a, and thepad-keepers are thus readily loosened and tightened for removing andreplacing the pads. Support I) and padkeepers l) are mounted,preferably, at the under side of the clasp in order that theirinwardly-projecting parts may not bear on the upper and so injure itduring the lasting operation of the machine. The combined clasp andpad-keepers constitute my new padholder for lasting-machines.

It will be plain to all mechanics that my new pad-holders may be varied,if desired, in details of form and construction and in mode of combiningthe keepers with the clasp without departure from my invention, by meansof which the pads although, readily removable, are yet firmly clampedand kept in place at the inner side of the clasp.

In Fig. 5, showing a modification, the clasp is composed of rigid jawshinged together at w.

IVhat I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a padholder forlasting-machines, the same comprising a clasp and one or morepad-keepers projecting beyond the inner face of the clasp and providedwith angular ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a lasting-machine, the combination of aclasp and aflexible pad forthe clasp with a pad-keeper projecting beyond the inner face of theclasp and clampingthe pad in position at the inner face of the clasp,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a last-clasp, a pad therefor along the inner sideof the clasp, and an adjustable pad-keeper clamp, which clamps the padinplace along the inner face of the clasp, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination of afiexible last-clasp, a flexible pad therefor, anda plurality of padkeepers which grip and hold the pad in place, the padbeing a facing along the inn er face of the clasp and mounted betweenopposed surfaces of the keepers and clasp, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. The combination of a last-clasp with a facing; a pad-keeper having apad-clamping projection, the pad-keeper extending beyond the inner faceof the clasp, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my' name to this specification, inthepresence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 25th day of July, A. D.1895.

CHAS. O. RAY.

lVit-nesses:

J. T. HANCOCK, G. W. DOUGLASS.

